Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-16
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DAKOTA CoaDENsATIoNs.

ia OTA COMBINATIONS.
The OIL nal gro las took piace ct Bis
marek Saturday night.
Farmers in q isiington colnty began
seeding last Saturday.
Grant county. reports a large iniax OF
settlers from Minnesota, Illinois and
Sweden.
w. 7. Sheridan. OF Ordway, has re-
iceived his commission as statistician
for Dakota.
8. w. Bowman, OF Ashton, will soon
bsgin publication Of 6 monthly real
estate Journal.
The Aberdeen First Mortgage com
pany with a capital OF 100000 has COM
menced business.
Fonr men al work on a scaffald on the
Sioux Falls brewery fell last Saturday
and two we're badly injured.
There is trouble over the closing OF
the Steele county bank. Allegations OF
fraud are made on both sidos.
q. B. Smith was arrested at Lincoln.
Nebraska. for killing cattle belonging to
another man on the Black Hills ranges.
A petition was circulated in Diana
recently asking the Legislature to pass q
bill changing the name OF that town to
Artesian city.
The north Dakota fremsn's a~ssooia.
tion will hold q tournament at Wahpeton
June IA, Is. and l6. Prizes worth $1,000
will be offered.
The grand Jury has returned indlct-
ments against a large number OF Canton
business men for participating in gamb-
ling and card playing.
The jamestown artesian we'll Is now
down ! $50 feet and it is believed that
400 feet more will have to be sunk be-
fore sufficient water is found.
The finest kind OF spring weather has
prevailed in Lincoln county the past
week andaethe snow is oil gone. The
farmers have commenced seeding.
The government telegraph line be-
tween Deadwood and Fort Mead was
sold at auction Last week to the Dead
wood telegraph company for $2l0.
new Law allowing the people to vote
on location Of county seat at q special
election will without doubt give Absr-
desn the county seat OF Brown county.
Citizens OF La Mours and Dickey
countiea will sink an artesian we'll to
keep the branches Of the Maple full in
the summer and to irrigate q large tract
Of land IN the foot hills.
The Dakota board of agriculture ad.
yerrise for bids for the location OF the
fair for 1887. to be sent to w. F. T,
Bushnell, secretary, at Huron before
noon on Tuesday. March 29th.
The different creeks IN Hyde couaty
are full enough now to float wagon
boxes and slowly rising, but will not get
over their banks, being just high enough
to prevent fording with safety.
Since cold weather has set in last fall
Sioux Fails has consumed S58 cars oil
coal. or 13,648 tons. and 432 OARS OF wood
amounting to 3,sss cords, making q
grand total paid for fuel for the Inter
$154,8S9.
Chas. ID. Harrison, secretary, and
Judge 3. P. Caldwellright Of way agent
Of the Duluth, Huron b Denver railroad,
left Huron for st. Paul Monday to at
tand the meeting OF the officers OF their
rGadsin that city.
Conductor Lowry. OF the freight which
crashed into the Northern Pacific west.
bound passenger, Saturday morning, wAs
arrested OF Fargo Monday, charged with
being responsible for the death OF Enal-
Heer Ryan and Fireman Snyder.
Judge Spencer reached Huron Mon
day from the north having spent Sunday
In Aberdeen. Hsswas met 1T the depot
BY the members Of the bar. He will re-
main at Huron some days before
holding any court. His irst term ia
likely to be Tor Beadle county.
A case nov before the district court at
Bismarck which ~ attracting much at
tentioa is that against the Rev. Vim. P.
Hannotil, arrested for smuggling goods
from Canada. sHannotk is O Baptiss
minister aud when he moved from Gan.
ada to Bottineau, Dakota, he brought
His horses and chatteis across the linz
without paying duty.
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